13 marks
State the three main categories on the spectrum of environmental value systems.
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First teaching 2024
First exams 2026
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Perspectives (DP IB Environmental Systems & Societies (ESS): SL): Exam Questions
32 mins13 questions
22 marks
Outline two basic principles of an ecocentric viewpoint.
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32 marks
Outline two main aims of the environmental movement.
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41 mark
State one international conference or agreement that has contributed to the environmental movement.
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51 mark
Outline the concept of intrinsic value.
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12 marks
Explain what is meant by the term environmental value system.
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24 marks
Outline two inputs and two outputs of environmental value systems.
Include examples of each input and output in your answer.
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34 marks
Compare and contrast anthropocentrism and technocentrism as different environmental value systems.
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42 marks
Different environmental value systems can lead to varying approaches in addressing the challenge of global warming.
Discuss how an ecocentric perspective can contribute to the management of global warming.
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53 marks
Discuss the impact of Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring on the development of the environmental movement.
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63 marks
Explain how a named major environmental disaster has influenced the development of the modern environmental movement.
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73 marks
James Lovelock’s book Gaia (1979) played an important role in the environmental movement.
Outline how the Gaia hypothesis acts as a model of the global ecosystem.
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82 marks
Traditional anthropocentric ideas about how the global ecosystem works differed somewhat from the Gaia hypothesis when this model was first proposed by James Lovelock in the 1970s.
Suggest how.
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